Carnation
Carnation
"From Contented Cows"
THERE'S CREAM
IN
EVERY DROP.
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HONG KONG & S. CHINA. ·
The dollar, on demand, closed -to-day at 1/6-1-8.
The
For THE NEWSPAPE
Court
FINAL EDITION
China Mail
Ext. 1845.
THE OLDEST - ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST
FL. 1845,
No. 28,803
HONG KONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1934. PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
Manga
WE PRESENT
Gorgeous Display
of Gowns.
AND OUR PRICES
ARE -RIGHT
PAUL RENNET • CIE
Chater Road Hong Kong
Nathan Road
Kowloon
MONSTER AERODROME PROJECT PLANNED FOR HEART
Formal recommendation for the immediate removal of Major Gen eral Benjamin D. Foulals, above, as Chief of Staff of the United States Army Air Corps, has been made to the Secretary of War, Mr. George H. Dern, by a House investigating committee which included charges of "dishonesty"
CHINA BLDG. TRAGEDY WATCHMAN'S
·FALL FROM THE
SIXTH FLOOR
NORMAL CONDITION IN EARLY MORNING.
GREETS PROPRIETOR IN USUAL MANNER
A tragedy occurred at China
DEATH SENTENCE FOR
-- INGRAM · MURDERERS
Five Robbers To Be Executed On Site Of Crime
Tientsin, To-day. The five robbers who were re- sponsible for the murder of Dr.
Ingram, 76-year-old American missionary, in the Western Hilla" three months ago, were sentenc ed to death yesterday.
The execution will take place to- morrow morning at Hsiao Wang Chuang. where the murder committed-Reater.
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U.S. SILVER
STATEMENT
CLARIFIED
MODERATE MONEY EXPANSION,
RE-FINANCING FACTOR
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL..
ry Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra phie Messages Ordinames, 180, Re ceived August 14, 10.02; a.m.)
Washington, To-day.
The Unded States Treasury. Se- cretary, Mr. Heary Morgenthau, is
Building at about 9 a.m. to-day SHANGHAI faced with the re-financing of
when Ng lu, watchman, between [35 and 40, employed by Chineir Estates Ltd., of China Building, either jumped or fell from the sixth floor into the back yard.
Ng, who is a married man with one son, aged 16, lives at Bridger Street and has been employed in
SLUMS
$1,000,000 PLAN FOR ABOLITION
and "gross misconduct" in its rethe China Building for about two MAYOR'S
port on the officer.
BOYCOTT ON
AUSTRALIAN
years. Prior to falling, he ap peared to be quite normal, and, as far as can be gathered, he left no message.
Mr. Lal, of Chinese Estates, told the China Mail that when ba arrived
DAIRY PRODUCE at the building at 8.30 a.m., Ng was
LANCASHIRE SEQUEL
TO TARIFFS..
COTTON TRADE AUTHORITIES DENY. COMPLICITY
London, To-day.
As a result of the prohibi- -tive tariffs imposed by Aus- tralia on yarns and piece goods from Lancashire, there are signs that an unofficial "boy- cott" may be imposed by some sections of the community in Lancashire on Australian dairy produce.
standing in the main doorway, ap- parently in normal conditione, He said "Good-morning"" in his usual manner.
Mr.
that
no
TRAGEDY UNSEEN
· Lal· stated one actually
the trage dy, but shortly. before hé fell, Ng was seen walking down from the top floor towards the sixth floor. and it is almost certain that that is the floor from which he fell.
(Continued on Faye 97
PRIVATES FROM EAST LANCS. MISSING
The cotton trade organisations Legeet And Lawey,
disclaim any connection with the
movement which began spontane- Ptes. Legeet and Lawey, of the ously at Bolton, Blackburn and East Lancashire Regiment, were other small cotton towns and reported missing this morning at threatens to spread to Manchester. Shamshuipe Barracks. · -Reuer,
U.S. COTTON
SURPLUS MAY
· BE NORMAL
PRICE 30 PER CENT.
UNDER 1924-1929.
CROP AT LOW MARK
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL..
Legeet is described as being aged 121, 5 feet 8 ins. in height and having i a sallow-complexion, gray eyes, and false teeth. From Poplar, London, he speaks with a broad Cockney| accent.
U.S.$1,735,000,000 worth of Fourth Liberty bonds in order to reduce interest,
It is therefore believed that,
Saturday's hypothetical silver
statement means that only
U.S.$180,000,000 in new currency
will be issued, of which U.S.$80, INITIATIVE000,000 is against free silver and 1J.S.$100,000,000 against nation alised silver at US$1.29 per jounuce, which will be sufficient to cover the cost of metal at 50-1 (cents per ounce.
Shanghai, To-day.
A campaign to rid Shang- hai of slums and to provide the poorer classes with better shelter, has been initiated by Mr. Wu. Teh-chen, Mayor of Shanghai, according to the "China Press."-
A committee of Chinese: and foreign experts have been invited to map out plans for the construction of houses in the suburban dis- tricts. The plan requires $1,000,000, the journal adds.-Reuler.
(Continued" on Page 9)
Importation Of Silver Coins Into China.
DR. KUNG ORDERS CUSTOMS TO PROHIBIT PRACTICE
Nanking, To-day.
Finding-time for his official state duties, ́ ́ despite : Internal turmoil, Chancellor Adolf Hitler, left, bown low, to neknowledge a similar gesture by King Prajadhipsk of Siam, as the monarch and his queen left Berlin following an extended visit in 'Germany. -
OF LONDON
£5,000,000 SCHEME
CONCRETE
PLATFORM
OVER RIVER
CONSTRUCTION AT 200 FT. HEIGHT,
· LONDON JOURNAL'S REPORT
London, To-day.
A great aerodrome in the heart of the City of London is tentatively planned, according to the Morning Post, by the City Lands Committee in a forthcoming report to the Car-
CARR'S DISAPPOINTMENT portion
.:
U.S. HEAT WAVE ENDED IN
FIFTEEN STATES
Hopes Revived By Prediction
Of Further Rainfall
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAFL...
Chicago, To-day. Showers In 15 States have ended the heat wave. More rains are forecasted, reviving the hope: "that" "the" drought" is ending -- United Fress, per S. E. Levy and Company,
The Minister of Finance, ROOSEVELT'S
Dr. H. H. Kung, has ordered the Chinesa Customs to pro hibit the importation of for eign silver coins, stating:⠀⠀⠀ "Mexican dollars coined in Mexico are circulating in China for use in
SEASON OPENS AT Far Eastern trade, while the silver
QUEEN'S HALL
yen has been abolished by Japan. Since the above are no longer legal tender in their countries, their Im.] .
Sir Henry Wood's 40th.portation into China should be pro-
Year As Conductor.
London, To-day. Extraordinary enthusiasm has marked the opening of the season of promenade concerts at the Queen's Hall, which Sir Henry Wood, for the fortieth year, is conducting.- Since Sir Henry, first took over the conductorship, at the age of 25;
hibited in order regularise the monetary system.
(Continued on Page 9)
LONDON SILVER REPORT
SCHEME TO
AID FARMERS
Tinned Supplies For Drought Sufferers.
WIDER RELIEF POLICY
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL... (By Telograph, Copyright. Telegram phic Messages Ordinance, 18PL. Re- ceived August 14, 10.02 aim.).
Washington, To-day.
OMISSION
OF VOCE FROM
TEST TEAM
TEAM NOT FAIRLY REPRESENTATIVE.
RYDER AND RICHARDSON
“ARE SURPRISED
London, To-day,
It is proposed to erect an enormous reinforced concrete platform over the River Thames along the foreshore, or above the existing river-
side warehomes, at a height of at least 200 feet, or so, te Avoid the danger of aircraft colliding with St. Fand's Cathe dral and, other, tall buildings, The cost of the project is es- "timated at least at £5,000,-
000 Reuter.
Disappointment at the omission COMMERCIAL of Voce from the England team for the last Test match, which opens at the Oval on Saturday and which will be played to a finish, is expressed by Authur Carr, the Notts captain, who says that with out the Notts bowler the England team is not a fairly representative
AIR TRANSPORT
one.
"The M.C.C. have now proved that they side with... | the Australians over the leg
IN BRITAIN
STATUTORY BOARD NOMINATION.
AMBITIOUS PLAN.
London, To-day. The London Chamber of Com-
theory controversy," he said. merce has submitted to the Air The England attack is not Ministry a scheme for the deve- complete without Voce states loping in Britain of a regular sys Jack Ryder, the ex-Australia captem of Commercial Air Transport The Chamber, suggests that
At a conference with the Unittain, in a cable from Sydney, ed States Secretary of Agricul-while Victor Richardson, ex the ground equipment and the America and India bought silver ture, Mr. Henry C. Wallace. of vice-captain of the Australians, traffic control of British Air yesterday, while China sold. The ficials of the Agricultural Ajust says that Voce's omission was routes should be vested in a ata- market was steady.—per S. E. Levyment Administration, and relief a staggering surprise to Austra tutory body on which the Air and Company.
officials, President Roosevelt out lia. He adds that the Austra Ministry, General Post Office, lined a programme which in lians will now most likely win Aircraft operators, Insurance,
-Reuter.
·Federal · ́rellef in the drought-stricken sections.
Lawey is also 21 years of age, 5 ft. 7 ins. in height, has a fresh com- popular interest in classical and
he has enormously stimulated the NATIONWIDE TEXTILE creases plexion and blue eyes. He is from modern music. Heighton, London
Few seats are available at these
STRIKE IN U.S.
concerts, and the majority of the Convention's Proposal In audience are quite unable to pro- Sympathy With Alabama menade, so great is the demand for
RAILROAD ASK INJUNCTION Washington, to-day. The United standing room. The programmes States railroads have asked the are now invariably broadcast, and
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL
(By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra fessages Ordinance, 1881. Es
rup Telegraph, Copyright, Telapra. phis Message Ordinance, FROM E District Supreme Court for an in- the outside audience is probably pic
junction on the grounds that the reckoned in millions.-British Wire ceived August 14, 0.16. a.m.) Railroad Retirement Act is un-less Service.” constitutional-Reuter,
ceived August 24, 0.16 ans)
New York, To-day.
service
The cotton exchange
atates that the supply is below
the pre-depression average whore- · RAILROADS INCOME-
as the price is 30 per cent, below
the 1924-29 average.
•
UNION: CONTRACT SIGNED
New York, to-day. The Republic New York, To-day-The New Steel Corp. has signed the Union "The world supply of American York Central Railroad's June net contract through, the intermediacy cotton this year is 19.978,000 bales income is $26,789, as against $1,085, of the National Steel Institute as compared with 24,485,000 bales 922 last year. United Press, per S. United Press, per S. E. Levy and
Company last year and a 20,101,000 bales E. Levy and Company.
average for the five pre-depression
yesra.
Should consumption equal last Price Reduction And Efficiency
year, the carry-over would be 6-
879,000 bales, and should con
sumption equal the pro-depression Increase at OlympiaRadio Exhibition
years. namely, 14,811,000 bales, the carry-over would be 5,167,000 bales which would be normal. United Press, per 8. E. Levy and Company.
EUROPEAN GIRL BITTEN
Dorothy Young, 12-y No. 14 Stanley Terrace, by a dog own
No:18:86
has been sent to Kemedy?
New York, To-day, The United Textile Associa tion, at its annual convention has proposed resolutions which include the calling of an tionwide strike in sympathy with the Alabama” workers.
The proposal will probably be considered to-day-United Press, per 8. E. Levy and Com- pany.
ALUMINIUM STRIKE DEADLOCK.
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL-
New Kensington, To-day,
London, To-day, and progressive Industry has sprung | Officials of the Aluminium Com- Olympia is busily preparing for up, in which competition is so keen pany of America state that the this year's Radio exhibition, which that it is estimated that a 20 per plants produce only ingots of cent decrease in prices will accom- which they have a three years' sup pany a 20 per cent, increase in per ply, indicating that they are wil ance, as compared with the sets ling to remain strike-boun
blant year.
definitely, instead of comp
opens on Thursday, and whle attracting many "visitors": abroad, as well-sa from Great Britain:
There are now tween six
Hcence ho
pasing:
It is indicated that President Roosevelt, later in the week will
enunciate a more definite reliet policy. It is understood, however,
that he has ordered relief officials
40 PER CENT. TIN QUOTA FIXED.
to begin the Immediate purchase International Committee
Recommendation.
London, To-day?
and Commercial interests should be represented.
This body, It is proposed, should administer the finances necessary for the equipping" and "maintain- ing of the air routes with Wire-
leas, Lighting, Meteorological, and
traffe control services, and should, (Continued on Page 9)
of surplus fodder to distribute to starving cattle, and surplus frults, meats and other foods which will be canned and distributed to im-
It has been confirmed that the CHINESE BANKER poverished families during the International Tin Committee has IN GERMANY Autumn and WinterUnited recommended that the quota Press, per S E Levy and Com- from October 1 to December 81. pany.
be fixed at 40 per cent. instead Entertained To Tiffin of 10 per cent.. as hitherto, — On Board Ship. Reuter:
LOCAL RAINFALL
WEATHER FORECAST
Berlin, To-day,"
"Mr. Li Ming, the prominent Chinese banker, while visit-
The local rainfall for the 24 hours ended 10.80 a.m” to-day was 0,45 Inch, bringing the total since Janu-
- Cloudy and showery, with moder-ing Germany yesterday, was ary 1 to 67.89 Inches, as compared ate south-east winds, was the weathe guest of honour at a luncheon with a normal average of 69.85 ther forecast issued by the inches.
Observatory this morning.
Canton Bankers Petition For
Royal given by the Hamburg-America
Lime aboard the motorship, Cor dillera, which enters the Far Eastern service next year.
The Chinese Consul at Ham burg, Mr. Hou Tach; members of the East Asiatic Club, and pro-
The Abolishment of Restriction minent bankers and business
[From Our Own Corre Canton
Limitation on pasita fro
extent
The ruling was proclaimed January, when, unlimited drawal brought abo the colla many native
men · were among the guests---
U.S. FOOD PROFITEFRING
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not
da presumed to have been mea
ited Press, per
Levy and Combarry,